Growing Tomatoes in Virginia: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
A frost-date breakdown for Virginia tomato growers, with cultivar picks, companion planting notes and fixes for the season’s most common problems.
Growing Tomatoes in Hawaii: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
Hawaii has no true frost season, so tomato planting depends on rainfall, elevation and exposure rather than a spring frost date.
Growing Tomatoes in South Carolina: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
Charleston-based frost dates, soil preparation steps, disease-resistant variety picks and season-long care for growing tomatoes successfully across South Carolina gardens.
Growing Tomatoes in New Hampshire: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
Learn when to start tomato seeds indoors, transplant outdoors, and pick disease-resistant varieties suited to New Hampshire’s short growing season.
Growing Tomatoes in Florida: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
Jacksonville’s NOAA frost data sets the north Florida planting window, while central and south Florida grow tomatoes through winter instead of summer months.
Growing Tomatoes in Utah: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
Utah gardeners can use Salt Lake’s April 12-29 frost window from NOAA to time tomato transplants, pick suited varieties, and manage common local problems.
Growing Tomatoes in New York: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
A plain-language guide to New York tomato planting dates, disease-resistant varieties, companion planting and the pests and problems gardeners run into most often.
Growing Tomatoes in Kentucky: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
Kentucky’s frost-free window, best-suited tomato varieties, companion plants and common pests, based on NOAA climate data and planting arithmetic.
Tomato Pests in Michigan: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
A season-by-season rundown of the tomato pests that actually show up in Michigan gardens, how to identify each one, and what controls them.
Tomato Pests in Indiana: Which Ones Actually Show Up Here
A season-by-season rundown of the cutworms, beetles, aphids, mites and hornworms that actually attack Indiana tomatoes, with how to identify and manage each one.